ML060330284
| ML060330284 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 02/02/2006 |
| From: | Hawkens E Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| Byrdsong A T | |
| References | |
| 50-0219-LR, ASLBP 06-844-01-LR, RAS 11131 | |
| Download: ML060330284 (4) | |
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1 New Jersey did not file a reply pleading.
RAS 11131 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DOCKETED 02/02/06 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SERVED 02/02/06 ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman Dr. Paul B. Abramson Dr. Anthony J. Baratta In the Matter of AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC (License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station)
Docket No. 50-0219-LR ASLBP No. 06-844-01-LR February 2, 2006 MEMORANDUM (Notice of Expected Date for Decision)
Pending before the Board are two Requests for Hearing and Petitions for Leave to Intervene (Petitions) dated November 14, 2005, challenging the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Oyster Creek) License Renewal Application submitted by AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (AmerGen) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 22, 2005. One Petition was filed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
[hereinafter referred to as New Jersey], and the other Petition was filed by the Nuclear Informa-tion and Resource Service (NIRS), Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch, Inc., Grandmothers, Mothers and More for Energy Safety, New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, New Jersey Sierra Club, and New Jersey Environmental Federation [hereinafter referred to collectively as NIRS].
On December 12 and 14, 2005, AmerGen and the NRC filed oppositions to the Petitions.
Based on the December 19, 2005 filing of NIRSs reply pleading,1 the Licensing Boards decision granting or denying Petitioners hearing requests would have been due on or before 2 See Supplemental Brief of Petitioner New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on Issue of Regulations Governing Cumulative Usage Factor (Jan. 30, 2006);
AmerGens Brief in Response to Order Directing Supplemental Briefing on Metal Fatigue (Jan.
30, 2006); NRC Staffs Response to Licensing Boards Order Directing Supplemental Briefing (Jan. 30, 2006).
3 Copies of this order were sent this date by Internet e-mail to counsel for: (1)
AmerGen; (2) New Jersey; (3) NIRS; and (3) the NRC Staff.
Thursday, February 2, 2006. See 10 C.F.R. § 2.309(i); see also 70 Fed. Reg. 20,457, 20,462 (Model Milestones for Subpart L proceedings).
However, subsequent to December 19, 2005, the Board required supplemental briefings from the parties on several material matters. See Licensing Board Order (Directing Supple-mental Briefing on Hearing Request) (Jan. 10, 2006) (unpublished); Licensing Board Order (Directing Supplemental Briefing on Hearing Request) (Jan. 23, 2006) (unpublished).
Responses to the Boards second request for supplemental briefing were submitted on January 30, 2006.2 As a result, and pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.309(i), the Board hereby provides notice that it currently anticipates issuing a decision regarding the Petitioners hearing requests no later than February 28, 2006.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD3
/RA/
E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland February 2, 2006
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC
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Docket No. 50-219-LR
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(Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing LB MEMORANDUM (NOTICE OF EXPECTED DATE FOR DECISION) have been served upon the following persons by U.S. mail, first class, or through NRC internal distribution.
Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Anthony J. Baratta Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Ann P. Hodgdon, Esq.
Daniel Hugo Fruchter, Esq.
Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Michele R. Donato, Esq.
P.O. Box 145 106 Grand Central Avenue Lavallette, NJ 08735
2 Docket No. 50-219-LR LB MEMORANDUM (NOTICE OF EXPECTED DATE FOR DECISION)
Paul Gunter, Director Reactor Watchdog Project Nuclear Information and Resource Service 1424 16th Street, NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20036 Donald J. Silverman, Esq.
Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.
Alex S. Polonsky, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsyvlania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 Bradley M. Campbell, Commissioner New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection P.O. Box 402 Trenton, NJ 08625-0402 Jill Lipoti, Director New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Environmental Safety and Health P.O. Box 424 Trenton, NJ 08625-0424 Ron Zak New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Nuclear Engineering P.O. Box 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 J. Bradley Fewell, Esq.
Exelon Corporation 200 Exelon Way, Suite 200 Kennett Square, PA 19348 Suzanne Leta NJPIRG 11 N. Willow St.
Trenton, NJ 08608 Richard Webster, Esq.
Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic 123 Washington Street Newark, NJ 07102-5695
[Original signed by Evangeline S. Ngbea]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 2nd day of February 2006